that they would get savings there is through scaling back the wars in iraq and afghanistan. what's notable about this, it doesn't include any new revenues through taxes. as you know, the white house has been fighting for this for weeks and now under senator reid's plan there are no new revenues through tax reform. the president has come out and said schae ports senator reid's plan. he says it is a reasonable approach but we're still deadlocked just eight days out. >> thank you, kristen. >>> and serving on the budget committee. good afternoon, senator. >> good afternoon, dylan. thanks for a chance to be he. >> thanks for joining us. insight what you think this deal ends up looking like? >> well i think a number of us are disappoint we're not going to do the bigger deal that the president and leader reid have been pressing for that a number of us republicans and democrats in the senate pressed for. i view leader reid's offer as a last-ditch effort to avoid default. my hope is that republicans can hear us saying, yes. it's a deal that doesn't touch medicare, medicaid, social security

visit to afghanistan aiming to reassure the people in the grip of on gang violence a series of assassinations had followed the beginning of a u.s. pullout from the country artie's military contributor you're going to who shot says american involvement in the region is a mistake that has dragged on for decades. as u.s. ambassador ryan crocker said in his speech in kabul frankly really have been the wrong way in the early eighty's and we all know the history of those decisions the civil war and the rise of the taliban sanctuary. and nine eleven and actually this statement just a ghost the same sentiments that previously expressed by the u.s. commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the precipitous u.s. political and military reason drawled after the soviet forces was drove from afghanistan they're real the wrong way for the united states was eight and turns into pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti saw me a jihad in the late seventy's this is the main political military and security and wonder that the united states has co

associated with kashmiri islamists, some associated with the ha cabny network in afghanistan. you would at mid-there is a lot of suspicion coalesced around this. haqqani. this is not an enormous left turn to suggest there might be elements within the pakistani intelligence agencies that have sympathies. i mean, for god's sakes, we tier ones that worked with them to make holy war in afghanistan when we were fighting the russians. so we know that it's possible. >> rogue elements within a few of them is possible. but if you think i.s.i. as an organization had some other plans than what it is showing, that is wrong. that is what is objectionable. that is an intelligence organization which has been delivering since 1979 when we fought the soviets together and it was i.s.i. in the forefront they're delivering. then onwards. now i.s.i. does whatever the policy of the government is whatever they are ordered to do. when you're talked of india, that's a different story all together. i.s.i. and india have always been a confrontationist course since our independence so don't talk of that. that's a dif

. policy for pakistan and afghanistan and when it comes to peace and security in afghanistan you have to think about pakistan afghanistan need right now has nothing to do with the surgeon or d. surgeon american forces on the ground when afghanistan really needs right now is a wake up call and it's the only way to re-unite all the tribes and all the factions the only way to save and again a stand from narco chaos he is to come down to the top level negotiations with the pakistani military to radical i the american ground forces from afghanistan to the southern part off take your stank along there i can stand it and warner and to lead the pakistani volunteer corps to take their position with then push through mr. some accusations which even if they might the force can still prove they can see a reputation as the former chief minister his cost online talk show host or a half an ist york what this means for people's definition of when things go too far. is that's the cases of d.m.k. and telling us pounds are getting a lot of coverage than it is do you think it's right for women or me

afghanistan ahmed wali karzai who was in fact their wooler of kandahar or actually the whole southern afghanistan personified american policy in this country behind a population centric counting insurgency first tried in iraq and then replicated and propagated in afghanistan was in fact a interagency curved battle between the pentagon the state department see a as and a all the us agency is in afghanistan have been operating at cross purposes what was a victory for cia promoting carves our brother in southern afghanistan was a total failure and defeat for f.b.i. and dea a in their out hill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day this a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions in afghanistan. leading athletes are inspired to become top india sports by one russian golf prodigy has used his talent for a very different tracing his long lost brother and sister aren't easy different words on the teenager's drive to use a fair way to find his family he might have a

afghanistan. he met with american troops in the war zone, and just two weeks before heading home to take on his new job as cia director, he spoke one on one with nbc about america's mission. >> happy fourth of july to all of you. >> reporter: it's his eighth fourth of july in a combat zone, but the last in uniform for general david petraeus. he spent the day visiting some of the thousands of u.s. troops stationed in afghanistan. a farewell tour for a general many consider a rock star who found himself asking these tough as nails troops to just relax. >> the best way to relax is to put your hands in your pockets. that means you right there. go ahead. in fact, i'll put nem in my pockets, too, here. >> reporter: credited with helping turn the iraq war around, petraeus was tapped by president obama a year ago to do the same in afghanistan. he admits it it hasn't been easy. >> i never felt we could flip afghanistan the way we were able to flip iraq. >> reporter: a tough situation, but he insists not hopeless. >> the situation here is very hard without question. it has gotten progressivel

senior positions in, um, at the post in washington and abroad and has covered pakistan and afghanistan extensively. so we're really lucky to have both of them tonight. after the ambassador's opening remarks, he and karen will have a conversation before opening it up to q&a with the audience. so, please, join me in welcoming ambassador haqqani and karen deyoung. [applause] >> thank you very much. patricia, for that kind introduction. of course, when i was asked to come here, i thought, you know, nobody's paying any attention to pakistan these days. [laughter] nothing gets said about pakistan in the media, so why not use this forum to be able to communicate and, of course, find an excuse to be on c-span. [laughter] and so, therefore, here i am. it's a pleasure to see secretary mchale in the audience, judith mchale and i have worked together in the last sort of, you know, since her appointment as undersecretary, and public diplomacy, of course, is one of the many challenges we have dealt with at our end. so it's a pleasure seeing you here, and thank you for all the help and cooperation yo

u.s. policy for pakistan and afghanistan when it comes to peace and security in afghanistan you have to think about pakistan afghanistan need right now has nothing to do with surging already surging american forces on the ground whatever gamester and really needs right now is their wake up call as the only way to re-unite all tribes and all other factions the only way to see again a stand from narrative chaos is compound a bit top level negotiations with the pakistani military to read employ the american ground forces from afghanistan to southern corridor of take it stank along their pakistani indian border there and the lay of the pakistani rancher corps continued their position we then pushed through mr. there are some accusations which even if they might be proved false can still prove fatal to their reputation as a former i.m.f. chief as to his cost one line talk show host or a heartless nasty people in new york what this means for people's definition of when things go too far. the sexual assault cases of d s k angelina stands are getting a lot of coverage in the news do you thin

program. before we get into the story of what happened that day in afghanistan, may i just say, that hand is super cool. how did you... when i shook your hand, it curled around my hand with a stronger grip than i have. >> it's designed to conform to different objects that actually stops when each finger meets resistance to give you more dexterity. when i actually lost it, i thought i was going to have a hook, and i was fine with that because i lost it the way i wanted to, but they gave me this hand, and i got... it's amazing and it's getting better. >> jon: do you have one that can... let's say you're in traffic... [laughter] there's a problem. >> i use the good hand. >> jon: all right. fair enough. the story of what happened in afghanistan, it's an incredible one. would you mind if we just went through it briefly. >> sure. >> jon: you were on day mission. >> yes, sir. >> jon: and it was a raid. is that unusual to be on a day raid like that? >> for us it is unusual. >> jon: you're an army ranger. >> yeah, we don't normally do daylight raids, but the necessity to get out there and get

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reasons. the u.s. admiral mike mullen has made an official visit to afghanistan even to reassure the people in the group of ongoing violence a series of assassinations had followed the beginning of the u.s. pullout from the country artie's contributing again a crucial says american involvement in the region is a mistake that is dragged on for decades. as u.s. ambassador ryan crocker said in his speech in kabul frankly we all lived in the wrong way in the early eighty's and we all know great history of those decisions the civil war the rise of the taliban sanctuary. and nine eleven actually this statement just make those the same sentiments that previously expressed by the u.s. commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding their chrysippus us political and military withdrawal after the soviet forces was drove from afghanistan very real the wrong way for the united states was eat and friends into pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy and i saw me jihad in the late seventy's this is their main polina can all be in which iran security and wo

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us well mike mullen has made an official visit to afghanistan aiming to reassure the people in the grip of the ongoing violence a series of assassinations that followed the beginning of a u.s. pullout from the country are. you going to crucial says american involvement in the region is in the state that has dragged on for decades. as you assume burst on the run crocker said in a few speeches. frankly we were of the wrong way in the early eighty's and we all know the history of those decisions the civil war the rise of the telegram century. and nine eleven and actually a brief statement just a pose the same sentiments that previously were ex-president by the u.s. commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the chrysippus us political and military withdrawal of after the soviet forces was drawn from afghanistan where real the wrong way for the united states was lead and trends into pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti saw me jihad in the late seventy's this is the main political would be able to rant security blunder of the unite

themselves above all of victims of afghanistan's enormous drug production. as a matter of fact afghanistan itself is the victim of global drug mafia work which creates the demand and the political will to continue production in the country this is why countries next to afghanistan have the greatest density of drug flow. simply because they are closer to the epicenter further away the drug flows splits into lots of different channels and then drugs get to russia for example through the seven thousand kilometer border with kazakstan. from europe. over eighty percent of all synthetic substances that are illegally traded in russia originate in europe mostly the netherlands where most amphetamine based drugs are manufactured poland the baltic states germany bulgaria and many other countries with underground drug labs some cells are small but there are many of them and the substances they produce find their way to russia of through various channels speaking of the amounts that we intercept and confiscate its nearly half a ton of synthetic substances every year mostly these are metham

local elders. were us up on my ballot has made an official visit to afghanistan aiming to reassure the people in the grip of ongoing violence a series of assassinations that followed the beginning of the u.s. pullout from the country are. you going to crucial says american involvement of the region is a mistake that has dragged on for decades. ryan crocker said. frankly relived the wrong way in the early eighty's than do we all know the history of those decisions the civil war the rise of the taliban century. and nine eleven and actually this statement just a coast the same sentiments that previously was express and by the u.s. commander in afghanistan general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding the precipitous u.s. political and military withdrawal after the soviet forces withdraw all from afghanistan their real the wrong way for the united states was it and turns into pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti-semitic jihad in the late seventy's this is the main political military and security blunder that the united states has committed in this region the

colonel. what the president is going on in afghanistan and i think on the d.c. coalitions of police the police would not be with god satan you're watching out of versus them right back. in the us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions come to didn't break through a bit through to be made who can you trust no one who is you know deal with a global mission that would see where we had a state controlled capitalism in school satchel so when nobody dares to ask what we do you are a key question morning. welcome back to adam vs the man now when i was a sergeant in iraq i served in a civil affairs unit and would like to think that my little experience in fallujah gave me a certain situational awareness on foreign policy not just great war stories it's all checks of cars but then most war stories that are totally made up anyway so the discussion of always broader foreign policy strategy bring in the big downside joining me now is colonel douglas a mcgregor. out there of warriors rage the great tank battle of seventy three easting he's also a retired ar

families of british soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan. paul mcmullan was a reporter and editor at "the news of the world." >> it was certainly a really commonplace practice. >> reporter: this scandal reaches far beyond the murdoch empire. this week, it was revealed that london police were selling the paper scoops in exchange for bribes. there are even allegations that the prime minister, a close friend of murdoch, turned a blind eye, even though he knew what was going on. >> and jeffrey there, even talking of arrests tonight? >> reporter: oh, that's right, diane. a huge criminal investigation is under way involving dozens of police investigators. we are told we should brace for an avalanche of arrests involving police themselves, as well as reporters and editors. the first arrests could come as soon as tomorrow. one of the former editors of "the news of the world." >> jeffrey kofman reporting on the outrage in london tonight. >>> and after 997 days behind bars, casey anthony is getting ready to go home. her lightning fast release putting new pressure on the jurors who acquitted

afghanistan. they also have the pakistani taliban attacking them. we're also the point of a new low in u.s.-pakistani relations. so the idea that pakistan would instigate a crisis with india at this point is inconceivable to me. >> what about indian intelligence-gathering and a security? there have been a number of threats, particularly since 2008. is this any reflection on the indian authorities competence in this area? >> there will be questioned about another attack in mumbai. again, four attacks in the last 10 years. after 2008, there were major reviews within india about internal security, and in this case, there will be a very close examination of how quickly india responded. they have their national security guard deployed there. they have friends a unit on the scene. they need to hopefully -- they have forensic units on the scene. they need to hopefully see having that experience corrected in that beleaguered city. >> in other news, police and venezuela have regained control of a prison east of the capital after a standoff that lasted for 27 days. more than 800 inmates have not giv

new plan for the new u.s. policy for pakistan and afghanistan when it comes to peace and security in afghanistan you have to think about pakistan what advantage to need right now has nothing to do with surging or at least surging american forces on the ground we're never going to stand really needs right now is a wake up call and it's the only way to re-unite all tried and all our other factions and the only way to save afghanistan from narco ours he is to come down there top level negotiations with the pakistani military to read employ american ground forces from afghanistan to sergeant part of pakistan along their pakistani indian border and their pakistani rancher corps to change their position within russia units that. there are some accusations which even if they might be proved false can still prove fatal to your reputation as a former i.m.f. chief wednesday's cost but online a talk show host or harvest last people in new york what this means for people's definition when things go too far. a sexual assault cases of d.s. k. angelina's fans are getting a lot of coverage in the ne

afghanistan. while you who was in effect there will are all of kandahar or actually the whole southern afghanistan personified american policy in this country behind a population centric counting insurgency first tried in iraq and then replicated and propagated in afghanistan was in fact a interagency turf battle between the pentagon the state department c. a s. b. and d. e a all the u.s. agencies in afghanistan pay have been operating at cross purposes what was a victory for cia promoting karzai brother in southern afghanistan was the total failure and defeat for f.b.i. and dea a in their odd hill battle to fight against corruption and drug trafficking in afghanistan at the end of the day they see a victory personified in karzai brother fortune and his sudden death symbolize the death of american policy illusions in afghanistan. if you want the best in life you've got to put the hours in something indians know all too well and they are reaping the benefits by working harder and longer than their western counterparts who joins the new delhi race. it's a busy city with busy peo

. u.s. admiral mike mullen has made an official visit to afghanistan and into reassure the people of new group of ongoing violence a series of assassinations had followed the beginning of a u.s. pullout from the country artie's a military contributor you're going to be sure says american involvement in the region is a mistake that has dragged on for decades. as u.s. ambassador ryan crocker said in his speech in kabul frankly we were of the wrong way in the early eighty's and we all know the history of those decisions the civil war the rise of the telegram sanctuary. and nine eleven actually these statements just a co-host of the same sentiments that previously what i express and by the u.s. commander. general petraeus and u.s. secretary of defense robert gates regarding their precipitous u.s. political and military moves drove after this sort of forces withdraw from afghanistan their real the wrong way for the united states was eat and friends in pakistan and afghanistan as a proxy anti so i'm going to jihad in the late seventy's this is the main political deal with saran security an

inspiration. of art and. now a suicide attack on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured while it follows a string of attacks of the killing of president karzai. comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces let's discuss this in more detail i with michael hsu former cia intelligence officer and a historian in washington d.c. many thoughts have been with us here at aussie now we've seen a string of deadly attacks in afghanistan as the u.s. news troops out of the country almost call forces there really going to be able to take over security. no there if this is it we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan put national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because there have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribal we when we are gone when nato leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdra

succumb to suicide in iraq and afghanistan. the official note from the president reads this decision was made after a difficult and exhaustive review of the former policy, and i did not make it lightly. this issue is emotional, painful, and complicated, but these americans served bravely. they didn't die because they were weak, and the fact they didn't get the help they needed must change. since the beginning of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, more than 1800 members of the military have committed suicide during active duty. even more staggering, more active duty troops have died in the last two years from suicide than in combat. now the president will be writing letters to the families of the service members. here's hoping he has to write very, very few. greg keesling tol us his wife cried for the first time in two years. we're going to heal, he said. we're going to heal. that's

in afghanistan is leading analysts questioning of nato has achieved anything during his time in the country. germany's finance ministers war that he will not bail out every troubled euro zone country and the stress that in the future similar handouts will be strictly restricted his statement echoed chancellor merkel's earlier statement that berlin would not engage in quote unconditional buying of bombs from stricken members who was interpreted by traders as germany would not back to your own definitely and in another development the i.m.f. warning france that it needs more cuts to avoid becoming the next victim of the debt crisis economics author patrick young told me paris and the problem started a long time ago. the problem is look these aren't things that have just happened suddenly i mean the french budget deficit has been in a deficit the french budget since one thousand nine hundred seventy four i mean leaves are things that have been going on for thirty or forty years it's absolutely ludicrous untruthfully governments need to stop spending and they need to be very realistic p

military's biggest battle front, afghanistan. panetta arrived in the afghan capital yesterday, his first trip overseas in his new position as he succeeds long-time defense chief, robert gates. panetta said the u.s. is within reach of putting down al qaeda and keeping up the schedule of withdrawal for troops. >> we have a strategy that we have put in place. we are going to have once we do the initial draw-down. in december, we'll still have 90,000 troops that will be there for a year through the end of next summer. and then beyond that, we will have 70,000 troops that will be continuing the strategy and operation through 2014. and my goal is to make sure that we can continue the effort to establish greater security in this country. >> and cnn pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence, has more on panetta's trip to afghanistan and a look ahead to the coming week in military matters. chris? >> well, susan, leon panetta is on his first overseas trip as the new secretary of defense. visiting afghanistan this weekend. and back at home, change to a longstanding policy. in the past, troops who committed

southern afghanistan this shows the right now with the canadian troops pulling out and with the u.s. trying to you know focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that they have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon no one the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lying the taliban in afghanistan illegal drugs trade the house russia's federal drug control service victory even off says a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country aren't helping watch this i wonder you know around ten minutes time but here's a quick preview. of this septemb

on a government compound in southern afghanistan has left at least nineteen dead and over thirty five injured follows a string of attacks on the killing of president karzai brother and it comes as the u.s. withdraws its forces from the cia intelligence officer michael should say that the violence in afghanistan will only escalate. we're watching a charade unfold here in afghanistan the afghan army the afghan national police force are never going to be able to control the country not just because there have been trained sufficiently but also because they're divided tribal we when we are gone when nato leaves they'll go back to their tribes and they'll fight each other again so the whole the whole house of cards will come down after the united states and its allies complete their their withdrawal withdraw in defeat really ultimately what we have after ten years of effort in afghanistan is a body count that's all we don't have any measure of progress against the enemy the kind of hard story the hard fact is that we went there with one mission which was to destroy the taliban and to